KVRR Local News
April 28, 2021
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police are crediting a Walmart loss prevention officer for identifying the man suspected of spray-painting hate messages including “Death to Islam” on the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center.
Capt. Deric Swenson says the loss prevention officer noticed through publicly-released images that red spray paint was used in the incident and began to examine store purchase records.
Swenson says the employee did some independent detective work and found a man on surveillance video purchasing red spray paint at the Fargo Walmart on 13th Ave. S.
Swenson says the suspect, 22-year-old Benjamin Enderle of Moorhead, was wearing the same jacket as seen on surveillance video at the mosque.
Arrest made in Islamic Center vandalism
MOORHEAD, MN (WDAY) Police have arrested a 22-year-old Moorhead man as the suspect who spray-painted hate-filled graffiti on the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center mosque over the weekend.
Benjamin Enderle was booked into the Clay County Jail after being taken into custody in south Moorhead Tuesday night, April 27.
Investigators are recommending felony charges of harassment and criminal damage to property, according to police spokesman Capt. Deric Swenson.
The recommended charges are enhanced due to “hate-related acts,” he said.
Reports have been forwarded to the Clay County Attorney’s Office where the final charges will be determined and then filed.
2. Moorhead High School freshmen go into COVID quarantine
School resource officer Brian Dahl greets students for their first day of full-time, in-person learning Monday, March 8, at Moorhead High School. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
All ninth grade students at Moorhead High School will go into a quarantine starting Wednesday, April 28, after several COVID-19 cases at that grade level.
In a letter to staff and parents, principal Dave Lawrence said there were seven positive cases and about 160 students already in quarantine.
Teachers will be reaching out to the 520 freshmen students with specific class details for distance learning for the next few days.
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Walmart employee led police to Moorhead mosque vandalism suspect
Police are recommending felony charges of harassment and criminal damage to property for the Moorhead man suspected of vandalizing the Islamic Center mosque with racist and discriminatory words and images. Written By: Nick Broadway | Barry Amundson | 3:35 pm, Apr. 28, 2021 ×
As snow and rain started to fall on Sunday, April 25, dozens of concerned citizens from many different religions rallied to the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center in support after the mosque was vandalized by hate speech. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
MOORHEAD, Minn. Police say a Walmart loss prevention officer s independent investigation led them to a 22-year-old man now suspected of spray painting racist and anti-Islam graffiti on a Moorhead mosque over the weekend.